Lap-robe.



No. 789,922. A PATENTED MAY 16, 1905. D. LEVINSON.

LAP RBE.4

APPLIOATION FILED 1130.21. 1904. n

NITED STATES Patented May 16, 1905.

ADAVID LEVINSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELLISS. HELWI'IZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAP-ROBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,922, dated May 16,1905.

l Application filed December 21,1904. Serial No. 237,773.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID LEvINsoN, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland,have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Lap-Robes, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lap-robes or knee-covers.

The object of the invention is to provide a robe which may be wrappedclosely about the body and under the legs and which is provided withparallel front openings" extending vertically from the lower edge andcovered by exteriorly-projecting insertion or patchpieces, which formleg-pockets into which theleg from the knee down may be inserted topermit freedom of movement of either leg, especially in a verticaldirection. r

The robe is especially designed for the use of automobileormotor-vehicle operators, who are subjected to chilling and usuallystrong winds because of the high speed at which they often travel. Onediiiiculty now experienced in providing robes for use in motorvehiclesis that when the robes are wrapped around the body sufliciently to keepout the wind they bind the legs, so that the operator cannot properlyoperate the various treadles or foot-levers to control the car. By myinvention the operator may wrap the robe tightly about him and at thesame time have both legs free to be raised or moved about and at thesame time keep the wind and cold out.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure] illustrates the outer side of the robe in the iat condition, oneof the leg-pockets, however, being removed to plainly show the verticalopening. Fig. 2 shows a plan or edge view looking down from the upper orwaist edge of the robe, and Fig. 3 illustrates a section sideelevation'of the'robe and leg-pockets with the legs of the operatorinserted in` terial and provided along its upper waist edge '2 with aplurality of buckles 3 and a fasten- 50 ing-strap 4 at one corner. Atthe lower portion and between the opposite vertical side edges the robehas two parallel vertical openings 5, which extend from the bottom edge6 These openings are ot' 55' toward the top edge. a suflicient verticallength to extend over and above the knee of the operator, and they arewide enough to permit the leg to pass through freely. The location ofthese two openings with respect to each other is such as to leave amplefullness 7 of the material between them when the legs of the operatorare inserted and are resting in a normal spread-apart condition.

Bulged insertions 8 are secured to the robe 65 along the edges of thevertical openings 5, and these insertions form semicylindric legpocketswhich project from the outer plane or surface 9 of the robe. The top ofeach bulged leg-pocket has a half-dome shape, which takes above the kneeof the operator.

At the lower end each leg-pocket is provided with outwardly or laterallycurved portions 11, which form a foot-pocket12, and at the lower end 6each foot-pocket has a bottom 75 plate or sole 13, on which the foot ofthe operator rests.

An ankle-strap 14 is secured by one end to the inner side 15 of the robenear the bottom and at one side of the leg-pocket, and this 8O strap maybe passed around the rear of the ankle or leg and its other end securedby a buckle to hold the pocket and robe conlined to the leg.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that, 85 the legs 16 and 17 ofthe operator may be inserted in the pockets with the foot 18 resting onthe soleor bottom plate 13, which, with the straps 14, will prevent therobe from beoming displaced during the movement of the It is obviousthat robes of this character may be madeto suit various purposes#such,for example, as coverings for children who ride in carriages.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A lap-robe comprising a flexible sheetprovided with leg-openings atthe inner side between the top and bottom edges and have leg from theknee down and at the lower ends provided with foot-pockets.

4. A lap-robe comprising a llexible sheet provided with two parallelvertical openings at its inner side which extend from the bottom edge ofthe sheet up over the knee and having bulged leg-pockets secured to thesheet adjacent each vertical opening, said leg-pockets being of suicientlength to receive the leg from the knee down and at the lower ends saidleg-pockets each curving outwardly and forming foot-pockets, and a soleor plate at the bottom edge of the foot-pockets on which the foot of theoperator may rest.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID LEVIN SON. Witnesses GHAS. B. MANN, G. FERDINAND Voer.

